Usually our love is about one special thing or person. But Kabir Sahab is saying, "Hari bhai ban rai—the entire jungle has turned green. I see greenery not merely in one tree, but in the entire jungle.” That’s the difference between common love and Kabir Sahab’s love. In your love, there is just one green tree; in Kabir Sahab’s love, the entire world has turned green: there is nothing dry anywhere anymore.
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Love clouds have gathered, it is raining down on me; My entire soul is soaked in it, all around there is greenery.
~ Kabir Sahab
Questioner: Could you please elaborate on the meaning of this poem?
Acharya Prashant: Just sing what Kabir Sahab is saying. Just sing! I may keep trying for two hours; I will just not be able to go beyond Kabir Sahab. What he has said in these two lines, I won’t be able to say in two hours. So, do not try to understand him through me; understand him through him. Just sing. It’s anyway so lucid and self-explanatory, is it not?
“Kabir baadal prem ka, hum par barsa aaye; antar bheegi atma, hari bhai ban rai
